Tuesday, June 26, 2012

MY COLLECTION - A Good Ol' Fashioned Trade

Well, I'm finally getting around to showing off a mailday/trade from way back in the day. That's right......an old school trade. You know, when two people swap cards. Somtimes just because.

Brad over at Cards From The Crease saw a post of mine from months back regarding an Ondrej Pavelec Saving Face card from Panini. I thought that when I originally obtained the card I could put it into my goalie mask pc. Unfortunately, I didn't realize at the time that the card was an Expo redemption card (it had a stamp in the bottom corner that was near impossible to catch at the time).

Brad indicated to me that he had a copy of the product release card (among other pieces of cardboard I might be interested in) and thus the beginning of the trade.

I gathered up a few cards I thought he'd like and mailed them off. Soon after, he did the same. What was really cool was the fact that I had no idea what the package would consist of. It was a little bit of a blind trade. Kinda fun.

Anyways, here are the goods....

2010/11 Upper Deck Series I

Ultimate Team

#EA15 Jonathan Quick

Can't go wrong with this guy now that he's a Stanley Cup (and Conn Smythe) winner. I haven't seen much of this insert set from UD, but a very nice card indeed.

2011/12 Panini Pinnacle

Team Pinnacle

#8 Henrik Zetterberg (w/ Milan Lucic)

This is an interesting card. First, it's double-sided. Those cards are a bit of a 'hit or miss' for me. But slap the word Pinnacle on it and I'm immediately vaulted back 20 years ago when card collecting was a lot more about fun. Second, this card is part shiny.....part not. Don't normally see that. Kinda neat.

2011/12 Panini Pinnacle

Saving Face

#2 Ondrej Pavelec

Here's the card mentioned earlier. Cool concept.....but a terrible scanning card. I've found that you can see the card better when it's in a bit of a shadow. Nice.

2011/12 Panini Certified

Masked Marvels

#14 Ondrej Pavelec

Another mask set I'm building......and another mask set that fall a little short. Too small a window for the closeup shot. Still, a nice card to add to the pc.

2009/10 Upper Deck Series I

Netminders

#NET11 Jonathan Quick & NET10 Kari Lehtonen

More masks! This is a set that I'm slowly (very slowly) building. This set would be so much better if the photos were a little closer and the masks were the primary focus (as opposed to the jersey emblem).

Wake up Mr. Quick!!!! He's been working hard.

4 'Raise The Cup' cards

Thanks for thinking of my projects Brad. These cards are going to be a cool addition. I really like the Daneyko as it's one I've never seen before. Probably never would have found that one either since it's in a pretty obscure set.

Love the photo of Konstantinov. Magical! It's what I love about this project - capturing the moment.

1997/98 Upper Deck Collector's Choice

World Domination

#W10 Trevor Linden

Nice! Any Linden card is a very welcome addition. Although I already have this one, I will continue the tradition of swapping out the current one in the collection and replacing it with this copy. Much appreciated.

2011/12 Panini Certified

Mirror Blue Jersey

#26 Drew Doughty /99

This was a sweet surprise. I wasn't expecting any memorabilia cards. Certified really improved on their product from year one (but still have a little way to go) and again.....another King. Really like this addition.

2011/12 Panini Certified

Mirror Gold Jersey Prime

#170 Joe Nieuwendyk /25

And while I like the last card......I love this one. Wow! What a great jersey piece, what print run and what a player. This is a fantastic card. Knowing that this piece comes from one of his Flames jerseys really puts this over the top.

I remember being at the Dome the night Joe hit the 50-goal plateau for the first time. The place was electric and Nieuwendyk showed us all a glimpse of what he would become during his career.

Thanks very much again Brad. These cards were much more than I had expected and I really appreciate your generosity and enjoyment of the hobby.